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Good Writing This page is intended for people who are not full-time writers but who want to improve their writing skills. The books and websites are relevant for all types of writing. Books Cook, Vivian. Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: or why can't anybody spell? Profile Books, 2004. Cutts, Martin. Oxford Guide to Plain English. Oxford University Press, 2004. King, Graham. Good Grammar. HarperCollins, 2000. Partridge, Eric. Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English. Wiley, Penguin Books, 1999. Ritter, R M. The Oxford Style Manual. Oxford University Press, 2003. Strunk, William Jr, and E B White. The Elements of Style. Longman Publishers, 1999. Truss, Lynne. Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. Profile Books, 2003. Woods, Geraldine. English Grammar for Dummies. Wiley, 2001. Zinsser, William. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. Collins, 2006. Websites www.askoxford.com the website of the Oxford dictionaries and language publications www.bartleby.com access to reference works, including The Elements of Style http://owl.english.purdue.edu the Purdue University Online Writing Lab www.plainenglish.co.uk the website of the Plain English Campaign www.utexas.edu/visualguidelines/styleguide.html a writer’s style guide from the University of Texas www.yourdictionary.com access to dictionaries, and related information about language |
